Climate Change: Day 5

September 9, 2014

Tropical Cyclone Forecast Models

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  • Latent heat: energy that goes into evaporation without warming.
  • Saturation: dynamic equilibrium between evaporation & condensation.
  • Saturation vapor pressure: vapor pressure at saturation. Defined with respect to a surface of liquid (or ice).
  • Convection: vertical movement of air. Rising air leads to expansion and cooling.

Latent Heat

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Convection

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Today

  • Convective instability & parcel theory
  • Graphing temperature & precipitation

Poll Everywhere

Lapse Rates & Stability

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Parcel Theory

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Heat Transfer

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Tracking Hurricanes

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